LATEST RUNNING AND MARATHON NEWS
March 3, 2020
Performance Tea announces its partnership with Six Days in the Dome, Tunnel Hill 100, and Durbin Race Management
Boulder, CO: Performance Tea, leaders in using CBD and adaptogenic tea to help people achieve their potential, announced their partnership with Durbin Racing. Durbin Race Management was founded by Steve Durbin in 2014 to bring runners from around the world to smaller communities to provide needed funds for the local economies,...
March 3, 2020
An impressive speaker line-up ready to educate and inspire at the 2020 RACE-MANIA Summit and Expo
Boston, MA – March 3, 2020 – Sun Multisport Events has announced the final list of speakers for the 2020 RACE-MANIA Summit & Expo taking place on Sunday, March 15, 2020 at the Boston University Fit Rec Center in Boston, MA. Designed to educate, equip and inspire triathletes, runners, cyclists...
March 3, 2020
New partnership announcement – between Los Angeles Marathon and iTAB Medal Personalisation
iTAB is delighted to announce a new partnership with the 2020 Los Angeles Marathon presented by ASICS to offer runners the chance to personalise their finisher medals with their name and finish time. Over 27,100 athletes from all 50 states and more than 78 countries will set out from Dodger Stadium,...
March 2, 2020
Determined runners defy ban on Paris Half-Marathon
Several hundred determined athletes defied a government-ordered ban on large public gatherings to run Paris's half-marathon on Sunday (44,000 would have been expected had the event been held). French Health Minister Olivier Veran announced the ban on Saturday after a special cabinet meeting which also outlawed any indoor events of...
March 2, 2020
Merrell Presents “This Land” by Whit Hassett and Chelsea Jolly
ROCKFORD, Mich. (Mar. 2, 2020) — “This Land” features runner and advocate Faith E. Briggs who used to run through the streets of Brooklyn every morning. Now, she’s running 150 miles through three U.S. National Monuments that lay in the thick of the controversy around public lands. Accompanied by running companions...
February 28, 2020
Paul Chelimo, American Olympian and U.S. Army veteran, tapped to be the Air Force Marathon featured speaker
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – American Olympian and US. Army veteran Paul Chelimo is scheduled to be the guest speaker for the 24th Air Force Marathon. Chelimo was the 2016 Olympic silver medalist at 5000 meters in Rio and the 2017 World Championship bronze medalist at 5000 meters. He...
February 27, 2020
iFit Connected Fitness Creates Tokyo Marathon Challenge in Response to Race Cancellation Due to Coronavirus
LOGAN, Utah — When the Tokyo Marathon was canceled for all non-professional runners in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus, naturally, 38,000 registered runners were disappointed. In response, iFit created a Tokyo Marathon challenge. Discouraged marathon registrants and running enthusiasts alike are able to virtually run the...
February 27, 2020
Ten Monumental Champions to Run U.S. Olympic Team Trials Marathon
INDIANAPOLIS – (February 27, 2020) – Ten previous champions of the CNO Financial Indianapolis Monumental Marathon and Half Marathon, including all four champions from the previous two years, will compete this weekend in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials Marathon in Atlanta, Georgia. They will compete among the best athletes in...
February 26, 2020
The 2020 St. Jude Rock ‘N’ Roll Nashville announces New Music Festival presented by PNC Bank
NASHVILLE, Tenn., (February 26, 2020) – The Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Series® announced today the addition of the St. Jude Rock ‘n’ Roll® Nashville Music Festival presented by PNC Bank. The new music festival event moves the post-race concert to the race finish line at Nissan Stadium; creating an all-day music festival...
February 26, 2020
Tracksmith Supports 138 Amateur Runners for the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials
ATLANTA (Feb. 26, 2020) – The 2020 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in Atlanta will feature the largest field in Trials history, with the majority of athletes competing as non-professionals. Tracksmith, an independent running brand based in Boston, has supported 138 qualified amateur runners in their journey to the Trials as part of...